Not only have I been (sort of) live blogging the debate, but in the spirit of Tony Reali's Around the Horn, I will dole out points arbitrarily to whomever for whatever reason I deem appropriate. This is what blogging is all about!
9:06 Kick-off!
9:08 A 4-point plan for the bailout, GObama! O+1
9:09 Teddy's sick again. Really, McCain? M+0-1
9:10 Bipartisanship! The mark of old McCain. Where did he go? M+0
9:12 Blah, blah, I can't say whether I approve this plan. Blah, blah, Hillary had bigger balls than both of us. O/M -1
9:14 And forever....Go D-Day! M+0
9:15 They're being waaaaaay too nice. This just proves the point I've been trying to hammer home. These guys don't know enough about economics to have an honest conversation about the Economy. O/M -1
9:20 Yeah! Burn that tax plan to the ground Obama! Check out the Obamaculator to see your tax cut under the distinguished Senator from Illinois. O+2
9:22 "The sheriff". Nice nickname. I guess. M-1
9:24 "Pork-Barrel Obama". Much better nickname. True. O-1
9:26 Close the loopholes! Close-close the loopholes! O+1
9:27 Why can't they just be buddies? JK. Interruptions+1
9:30 Ohio! Michigan! Electric cars! O+1
9:32 Ethanol subsidies? McCain's right. Stoooopid! M+1
9:33 Eliminate the waste. M+1
9:35 Google the govt. O+1
9:35 Why is the eagle facing McCain? PBS-1
9:36 Education. Mmm-hmm. Woulda given you another point had you mentioned after-school education. O+1
9:37 Nuclear power. It's gotta be on the table. There's no way around it if we want to decrease our coal burnin' ways. M+1
9:37 Nuclear does next to nothing to wean our dependence on foreign oil. That's an outright lie. M-2
9:39 Health care needs the govt's help. Plain and simple, Johnny. M-1
9:40 Cutting taxes helps a hurtin' economy. But so does increasing spending on domestic projects that create American jobs. M+1-1
9:41 "Orgy of spending"! Great quote! O+1
9:41 Yes, McCain you've opposed him at times, but you've really fallen in love with Bush since 2004. M-1
9:43 The troop surge worked. McCain is right, and he was right when it wasn't popular to be right. M+3
9:44 You opposed the war in the Illinois Senate. Good job. O-2
9:45 Sports analogies. Took our eye off the ball in Afghanistan. Double points. O+2
9:47 Don't lean on Joey too much. O-1
9:48 Take him down, Obama!!! We screwed the pooch in 2003, no doubt. O+2
9:48 Tactic/Strategy? Ass-hole-ish joke, McCain. M-1
9:50 Troop funding. John McCain, don't lie about your opponent's record. M-1
9:52 Move the troops from Iraq to Afghanistan. I agree. But we can only do that successfully because the surge worked. O+1-1
9:53 Yeah, Obama! That's not true! Call a liar a liar. O+1
9:54 Obama can talk foreign policy and not sound like a novice. I guess we should expect that from a candidate, but I'm still giving him a point. O+1
9:55 3-point plan for Afghanistan! O+1
9:56 I have a soft spot for politicians who admit mistakes. M+1
9:56 Pakistan's a crazy/precarious situation. Walk softly is the correct way to handle it. M+1
9:57 No matter what happens, at the very least, we're going to have a sharp, whip-smart president. Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning? M/O+1
9:58 Call him on it, Obama.We don't attack Pakistan on a whim. Ending bin Laden, no matter where is resides, is the right strategy. O+1
10:02 I like success as much as the next guy, but at what cost, Senator McCain? M-1
10:03 Who can tell the most heart-warming troop story. Why, o why??? M-2 for bringing it up; O-1 for stooping to his level.
10:05 We didn't put enough emphasis on Afghanistan after 2003. McCain, you may have visited the area, but you and the Republicans dropped the ball. M-2
10:06 There's only a connection between Iraq and Afghanistan because we created that connection by mistakenly going after Iraq. M-1
10:07 Yes, John. We cannot allow a second Holocaust. Way to go out on a limb. M+0
10:07 I love the name "League of Democracies". It sounds like an awesome superhero group. And not necessarily a bad idea. Easy points because I'm a sucker. M+2
10:09 We cannot allow the situation in Iraq to spill into Iran. Shame on McCain O+1
10:10 We need the Ruskies and the Chinese, too. O+1
10:11 Preconditions. I really don't care, to be honest. But only if we can talk directly to the Dalia Lama as well. Jonny+3
10:12 Ahmadinejad's a crazy bastard. I know no one's arguing that, but still give him a point. M+1
10:14 Talk to North Korea, John. Il's crazy, too, but we weren't getting anywhere by ignoring him. O+1
10:18 I just microwaved some pizza. Are we really still talking about preconditions? M/O -1
10:18 I've never met Kissinger. He's not been my friend for 35 years. But I know this: He's a crazy bastard, too. Jonny+1
10:20 Cold war dumb. Reagan+1
10:21 Soul jokes! O+1
10:23 Prof McCain. Teach it! M+2
10:26 Russia's kind of boring. Russia-1
10:27 Clean coal. What happened to that?!! Has it been delayed along with my flying car? O+1
10:28 Offshore drilling will not help anytime soon. M-1
10:30 9/11 Commission. Oh man, I loved the old McCain. What happened to that guy? Straight-Talk+1
10:30 Torture is bad. M+1
10:31 No just our borders, but our ports, too! M-1
10:32 OBAMA MENTIONED PORTS RIGHT AFTER I TYPED IT. Psychic?!? O+1
10:33 Obama loves 'merica! O+1 (and I'm sure McCain does, too M+1)
10:34 Missile defense if a ridiculous boondoggle. M-1
10:34 How much longer does McCain feel we need these sort of troop levels in Iraq? Even Bush is ready for a phased withdrawal. Whaaaa? M+1
10:36 I love investing in science! Go NASA! Go NOAA! Go Scientists! O+1
10:38 "I love veterans, and I'll take care of them." One of the least political moments of the night. McCain was wearing his heart on his sleeve there. M+1
10:39 We need more kids loving 'merica! Obama's Dad+1
10:40 Like I said, these guys are two smart cookies. I don't think this election is as black & white as we tend to make it. (If i say' no pun intended,' does that make me an asshole?)
Let's see who won according to this ridiculous scoring system.
Obama +16 McCain -1
I have no idea what this means. Also, I have no desire to check my figures. Good debate, though.
Okay fine. Obama wins.
Let the spin begin!
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